The flu vaccination does not appear to have been effective in protecting against so-called Aussie flu, figures show. Data from Public Health England (PHE) on influenza vaccine effectiveness across the UK found that only a small proportion of...
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STATEMENT FROM THE PRIME MINISTER The following is a statement issued by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi today in response to reports that two young babies died over the weekend in Savaii after being administered with...
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The Cook Islands has suspended all MMR vaccinations, which covers measles, mumps and rubella. The decision was made following the deaths of two infants in Samoa after they were immunised with the same batch of MMR vaccine. The Cooks...
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Anti-abortion activists set off the uproar by releasing undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials that raised questions of whether the organization was profiting from the sale of fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood has denied making any...
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Samoa’s Attorney General says efforts are being made to return the bodies of two babies who died suddenly last week to their families. The childrens’ deaths soon after receiving the common MMR vaccine prompted the government to...
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Police in Samoa are investigating whether there is sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against medical staff involved in the MMR vaccinations of two infants who died earlier this month. The two one-year-olds died after receiving the jab...
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There is a high likelihood medical error was to blame for the deaths of two infants in Samoa following their MMR vaccinations, a vaccinologist and senior lecturer says. The one-year-olds died earlier this month, minutes after receiving the jab...
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The Jilin Food and Drug Administration revealed the vaccine safety scandal on its website on Friday. After an investigation, Jilin-based Changchun Changsheng Bio-technology was found to have sold some 252,600 substandard DPT vaccines to the...
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China has launched sweeping spot checks at vaccine makers around the country in a bid to rein in outrage after Changsheng Bio-technology was found to have falsified data and sold ineffective vaccines for children. A government inspection group...
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O.R.* was a one-year-old healthy baby girl who was already walking and climbing. On February 13, 2013, she received vaccinations for Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR), Hepatitis A, Haemophilus Influenzae type B (Hib), Prevnar (pneumonia), and...
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Mumps has mutated and a NEW strain is now affecting vaccinated people. Vaccination status was available for 278 cases of whom 84% had received at least one dose of mumps containing vaccine and 62% had received two. This outbreak was genetically...
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Five girls in the age group of 10 and 13 years were rendered unconscious after being administered MR vaccination at school. The principal said that only girls who were weak suffered from the vaccination. 45 to 50 were vaccinated, 5 became...
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